[opendtv] Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives

  • From: Jeroen Stessen <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:34:57 +0200

Hello, 

See: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050720_191403.html

> Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives - analyst
> By Scott Fulton
> July 20, 2005 - 19:14 EST
> (...) 
> The moment you become capable of reading and writing movies and 
> transporting that content across borders, Cai said, "Hollywood can 
> get really concerned. What if you can carry like 20 movies with you 
> all the time, and they can't control the content any more?" It's the 
> possible crossing of geographic boundaries that's the problem, Cai 
> said - a problem that wouldn't crop up if the media device were made 
> to sit on your desktop at home, no matter how small it becomes.
> (...) 

Greetings, 
-- Jeroen

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